Quick question about wiring
04-01-2007, 03:08 PM
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Quick question about wiring
okay rite now i have a pioneer amp that pushes 600 watts rms bridged at 4 ohms. i have 2 pioneer subs wired in parrallel that create a 4 ohm load. wat im wondering if both subs get 600 rms each or does it split, and each sub get 300 rms each? both subs have a nominal of 400 watts rms and a max of 1000 watts rms. just wondering if they are being underpowered, or is it rite?
04-01-2007, 03:17 PM
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parallel splits the signal so it would be half for each sub. underpowerd by 100W. just set the gain right and you should have no problems. feed them lower clean power, and not alot of distorted power and you should be fine. gl with the system.
04-01-2007, 11:35 PM
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Once again......
A gain control does one thing only....it matches the output from your source to the input level on the amp required to drive the amp to full output.....period....
If the source is capable of a 2, 4, 8 or whatever volt peak to peak signal before it starts to distort, then the amp gain should be set to the same value. This will get the most clean power from the amp.
If the source is driven past it's peak clean rating, it will start to distort and the amp will now be amplifying that along with the signal....not good
If the gains are set to a lower rating than the source is capable of, once the source voltage passes that threshold, the amp will start to clip and distort the signal.....also not good
Keeping the levels as close as possible ensures cleaner sound, longer life for your system and your ears. Listening to distorted sound will also IMHO, diminish your appreciation for the amount of engineering and production work that goes into some, but not all music these days. I think it would be interesting to hear what musicians from the last 500 years or so could have produced given the technology available now. How many symphonies could Mozart, Bach or Beethoven have written and recorded given a home studio?.....
Sorry, got a bit off-track for a sec.....
Although a modest amount of subwoofer distortion may be inaudible from the trunk, any speaker firing directly into the passenger compartment will make you cry cuz it will sound like crap. If it's not loud enough, the gain control is not the answer.
HTH
A gain control does one thing only....it matches the output from your source to the input level on the amp required to drive the amp to full output.....period....
If the source is capable of a 2, 4, 8 or whatever volt peak to peak signal before it starts to distort, then the amp gain should be set to the same value. This will get the most clean power from the amp.
If the source is driven past it's peak clean rating, it will start to distort and the amp will now be amplifying that along with the signal....not good
If the gains are set to a lower rating than the source is capable of, once the source voltage passes that threshold, the amp will start to clip and distort the signal.....also not good
Keeping the levels as close as possible ensures cleaner sound, longer life for your system and your ears. Listening to distorted sound will also IMHO, diminish your appreciation for the amount of engineering and production work that goes into some, but not all music these days. I think it would be interesting to hear what musicians from the last 500 years or so could have produced given the technology available now. How many symphonies could Mozart, Bach or Beethoven have written and recorded given a home studio?.....
Sorry, got a bit off-track for a sec.....
Although a modest amount of subwoofer distortion may be inaudible from the trunk, any speaker firing directly into the passenger compartment will make you cry cuz it will sound like crap. If it's not loud enough, the gain control is not the answer.
HTH
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